Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an chrábhaidh /
by Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire (Florence Conry) Edited by Thomas F. O'Rahilly.

Description

Main Author

Conry, Florence, 1560 or 1561-1629.

Related Names

O'Rahilly, Thomas Francis, editor.
Deseoso.

Language(s)

Irish ; Spanish

Published

Dublin, Stationery Office, 1941.

Subjects

Catholic Church.
Catholic Church > Catholic Church / Doctrines > Catholic Church / Doctrines / Early works to 1800.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Early works.

Note

Reprint of the original edition (Louvain, 1616) entitled "Emanuel / leabhar ina bhfuil modh / iarrata ... na / beathadh riaghaltha ... Sgáthan an chrábhaidh drong / oile Desiderius." An incomplete translation of parts I to III of the Spanish work, Tratado llamado el Desseoso, y por otro nombre, Espejo de religiosos. The first edition known, written in Catalan by a priest of the order of St. Jerome, was an anonymous publication (Barcelona, 1515). Passages were inserted to encourage Irish Catholics, and considerable omissions made, in Conry's version. cf. Introd., p. [VII] and XVI.
An allegorical pilgrimage.

Physical Description

4 preliminary leaves, [v]-li, 363 pages 19 cm.

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